Both Kaspersky and Symantec have unearthed a new type of malware so advanced, they believe it could have links to a country's intelligence agency.

I'm not sure about this part. There are some very advanced hacker groups out there, especially on the DarkNet. Some of them are even organized and sophisticated enough to have human resource departments! These days, I don't think there's much a government can do that a hacker organization can't, except for law enforcement powers.